This $7 primer will teach you everything you need to know about Microsoft Office

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Despite the rising popularity of Google Drive and other competing applications — like Literature & Latte's $20 word processor, Scrivener, which we actually highlighted just last week — Microsoft Office is still the bread and butter of the corporate world.

Its programs are fixtures on most office desktops and company-issued laptops. So a thorough understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, (and to a lesser extend, Outlook and Access) can only stand to benefit you — the small cog in the larger, corporate wheel that you are.

Here's why: While most people are familiar with Microsoft Office, and maybe even work in its programs on a daily basis, not everyone's taking full advantage of each program's functions. Many spend hours on projects that could take minutes if they had the necessary training to expedite some of their day-to-day tasks.

If you're looking for a comprehensive tutorial on MS Office, or you're just wanting to brush up on its more complicated functions so you can, um, excel at your job, something like the Pay What You Want: Microsoft Office Productivity Bundle can be useful. (Note: You'll need to have these programs in order to complete the instruction)

The bundle includes 12 courses on MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, OneNote, and Outlook that'll teach you how to create a wide array of charts ranging from pivots to maps on Excel, link and manage different email account in Outlook, and aggregate information from different sources in OneNote, among many other things.

Originally valued at $990 for the whole bundle, the going rate on StackSocial is just $6.76. You can 'pay what you want' for the last two apps on the list (see the complete list here) or you can beat the average price paid to gain access to all 12 of them.

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